Register for wheel-carriages



(No Model.)

' J. E. TARBOX.

REGISTER FOR WHEEL GARRIAGE'S Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

Inventor.

1/ 6 Edwin jizrox, iyilifwj UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. TARBOX, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

REGISTER FOR WHEEL-CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,743, dated October16, 1883 Application filed February 23, 1883. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Janns EDWIN Tannox, of No. 4L0 Centre Street, of thecity of Lynn, in the county of Essex, of the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Registersfor \Vheel-(Jarriages, &e.; and I do hereby declare the same to bedescribed in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a transverse sect-ion of aregister of my invention applied to the seat of a carriage, suchregister being to indicate the periods of time that the seat may be usedby persons or passengers in the vehicle, it being supposed that eachperson, while remaining in the carriage, will occupy the seat. To everyseat to be so used there is to be such a register, and such seat is tobe adapted to the ve hicle and register in such a manner that the seat,on a person sitting down upon it, shall depress the inking-tablet andcause it to depress the inking-roller spring or arm, so as to force downthe markingroller upon the dial or sheet of paper upon which theregistry is to be made. Fig. 2 is a top view of the marking wheel orroller, its screw, and the elastic spring or carrier, andthebearing-wheel there of.

The nature of my invention is defined in the claims hereinafterpresented.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, A denotes the carriageseat, which at one ofits edges may be supposed to be hinged to the carriage-body and to reston the upper end'of a spindle, l3, movable vertically in a platform, 0,and provided with a spring, D, for raising it and the seat. To the lowerend of this spindle an inking disk or tablet, E, is fixed concentricallywith the spindle. The platform 0 may also be hinged to thecarriage-body, so as to be capable, as well as the seat, of being turnedupward, such being to enable ink to be smeared upon the lower surface ofthe inking-tablet as occasion may require. Below the plat form 0, and ata short distance therefrom and parallel with it, is another platform, F,for supporting the sheet of paper or other material on which theregistering-marks are to be made. Instead of using a sheet of paper,

the upper surface of the platform may be suitably prepared to receivethe markings, and to admit of their being readily removed from it by asponge or other proper means. The sheet of paper, however, is shown at Gas placed on the platform F, there being extended upward through thesaid platform and sheet an arbor, a, having a spring, 1), extending fromits lower end, and terminating in a long screw, 0, upon which is screweda marking roller or wheel, (I. The spring has adapted to it, as shown, afriction-roller, c, which, when the inking-disk is down, bears againstit, the marking-roller then not being in contact with the said disk. Onthe disk rising upward, the spring will rise with it and cause themarking-roller to bear against the disk, or the circular part thereof,on which the ink may be laid. The arbor (I is that of the hour-hand of atimepiece move ment, (shown at H.) Instead of the arbor being caused torevolve but once in twelve hours, I prefer to have the time-piecemovement constructed to cause the arbor to revolve but once in sixhours. As the arbor revolves, it will carry the spring I), its screw 0,and the marking-wheel (1 around with it, and as the wheel, when apassenger or person sitting upon the seat, will be borne down up on theplat-form or paper, such wheel will be caused to revolve and traverse ina helical path, and in so doing will mark the platform or paper. Theareal extent of the mark made will indicate the time ,the wheel may havebeen performing the task or the person has occupied the scat. Vhile thescat may not be occupied and the mainspring of the timepiece movementmay be wound up, the spring b, with the roller (1, will continue torevolve but the roller will be off the paper and against theinking-disk, and by rolling against it will be freshly supplied withink.

From the above it will be seen that while the seat may be occupied by apassenger or person sitting upon it, the inkingroller will be markingthe paper; but on his rising from the seat the marking of the paper willcease, and will not again take place until the seat may be againoccupied by a sitter.

It will be evident that without the seat the apparatus may be used toregister or indicate the times when a watchman may visit a-room in abuilding or mill during the night, he being obliged at each visit topress the spindle doWn,so as to cause the marking-roller to touch ormove against the paper. By reason of the roller, while traveling 011 theplatform or paper, revolving on a screw, the orbit of revolution of suchroller will be a helix, and consequently the marks made by the rollerwill not override each other.

I claim 1. The register, substantially as described, consisting of thetimepiece movement, th e elastic arm or spring, its screw andmarking-roller, the dial or paper-sustaining platform, the inking-diskand its operative spindle, and spring, 7

all being adapted in manner and to operate essentially asset forth.

2. The combination of a movable seat witl a register, substantially asset forth, consisting of a time-piece movement, an elastic arm or 20spring, its screw and marking-roller, the papeissupporting platform, amarking-disk and its operative spindle, and spring, such seat resting011 the spindle, and all being adapted and to operate essentially asexplained.

JAMES EDWVIN TARBOX.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, E. B. PRATT.

